TERRE HAUTE, Ind.-Timothy McVeigh will be a dead man walking, but tonight, there will be live men and women celebrating.

In this farm-belt town, the drinks served in the bars might be almost as lethal as the poisonous cocktail slated to be delivered to McVeigh.

At the Apple Club Bar in the Holiday Inn, where much of the media, out-of-state law enforcement and family members of McVeigh’s victims are staying, bartenders Mitzi and Jim plan two drink specials: the Lethal Injection and the Green Mile.

Ingredients are a closely guarded secret, but the Injection will be vodka-based, while the Mile will have creme de menthe.

Among locals who frequent the bar, gallows humor was running high yesterday as they mulled throwing a last-minute gala, “The Execution Ball.”

Down the road and right across from the prison grounds, Raoul David, owner of David’s Foodmart, was busy setting up for the “McVeigh Special,” a two-buck stick of pork marinated in soy sauce and pineapple.

David, who if the sign outside his store is to be believed, “Loves to Sell Great Beer, CHEAP,” pitched a tented picnic area on the front of his property, located halfway between the areas cordoned off by Feds for protesters.

David says he waited until Friday to set up the makeshift barbecue, because, “Last time around, I was all ready to go, and they pulled the rug out from under me.” He’ll be open through the night to feed the masses expected to clog Route 63 beginning early today.

Locals say David’s will also be the site of an all-night execution bash, but the proprietor wouldn’t confirm it.

In town, Tatoo, the local skin-etching shack, sold out of “Hanging Times” T-shirts, featuring McVeigh’s face on the front, within minutes of opening yesterday afternoon.

“We didn’t expect such a rush,” said tattoo artist Adele Rogers. In May, Tatoo sold out of its “Die! Die! Die!” T-shirts, but still has plenty of “Spare Him!” on hand.